Title: Section News
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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
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MEMBERSHIP
Did you know that the Community Health Planning and Policy Development Section is the sixth largest section in APHA? As of June 1 we had 1,554 members, representing almost 6 percent of the membership, a 71 member gain over last year. These statistics reflect the importance and relevance of community health planning in the current environment.
Despite our size, we need each and every one of you. In order to be successful, we need people from all aspects of community health planning to participate in the work of the section. We need people who work in hospitals, in state and county health departments, in community based organizations, consultants, academicians, physicians, federal government workers. The essence of the section is participation.
If you will be in San Francisco, please join us for our meetings (the schedule is listed in this newsletter). Please be sure to join us for our social hour on Monday evening. If you will not be in San Francisco, we hope you will volunteer to participate in the work of the section, which takes place year round. We need members on the Awards Committee, the Program Committee, the Membership Committee and writers for the Newsletter. Please contact Pat McGeown, Membership Chair, at <pmcgeown@nycap.rr.com> about your interest. She will put you in touch with the appropriate committee chair.
PROPOSAL TO EXTEND TERMS OF SECTION CHAIR,
CHAIR-ELECT AND SECRETARY
CHPPD’s leadership council, which includes the current officers, governing councilors, and section councilors, is recommending that the Section Chair, Chair-Elect, and Secretary be elected for a two-year term. The officers of several other APHA sections serve for two-year terms and generally find that it works well. Current and past officers expressed the view that one-year terms are too short given the time it takes to learn the job and move section business forward. The recommendation is based on a survey of other APHA section election policies and report prepared by Tom Piper, Monica Chan and Toni Pickard. For a copy of the report contact Tom Piper at <macquest@mchsi.com>.
The CHPPD bylaws will need to be amended to implement this recommendation. This will be done through a two-step process. In the next few days, perhaps even before this newsletter is published, a blast e-mail from APHA will go out to all CHPPD members. This e-mail will inform members about the proposed bylaws change and request that they contact a Section Council member of their preference to vote. During the Annual Meeting a formal vote by Section Councilors on the bylaws change will be taken during our Business Meeting Sunday, Nov. 16, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, Sierra K. Please feel free to attend and express your preferences at this meeting.
SECTION ELECTIONS TO BE HELD AT APHA ANNUAL MEETING
Section members attending the APHA Annual Meeting in San Francisco will be asked to elect three representatives to the Governing Council and three representatives to the Section Council. The process will be similar to that of the bylaws change. A blast e-mail with the candidates will go out and CHPPD members will be asked to contact a Section Councilor of their preference to transmit their votes. Again at the Annual Meeting, the Section Councilors will take a formal vote during our Business Meeting Sunday, Nov. 16, 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. in the Marriott, Sierra K. A list of nominees and their statements is on the last page of this newsletter.